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[teethcv]

I feel like crap lol my legs and feet have swollen up big toe has split open lost my MVP Hana mod about ready to blow up

But after all that I would say it was a good weekend but I really do not remember lol

Vapefest Ireland next lol

Aaec takeing over the world lol

[toots]

From me too, yeah, for all the piccies, a good time had by all from the sounds and looks of things, just wish I could have been there not when it rained though, then I was glad I wasn't there

Happy for all of you when the sun finally came out though

[teethcv]

Aug 3, 2014 9:13:03 GMT toots said:

From me too, yeah, for all the piccies, a good time had by all from the sounds and looks of things, just wish I could have been there not when it rained though, then I was glad I wasn't there

Happy for all of you when the sun finally came out though

I got 200 picks to put up if it's ok with Chrissie I got all the vendors people drunk everything lol

[robdelmar]

Had a great time at VF, got some new gear and loads of free juice to try but did not get to meet anyone because I didn't know what they looked like . Was hoping to spot some AAEC badges but did not see any

[Steve (VapeStorm)]

On train home. Had great time will go into detail when I'm back.

In the meantime I'll just leave this here

[Chrissie]

Aug 3, 2014 9:15:35 GMT teethcv said:

Aug 3, 2014 9:13:03 GMT toots said:

From me too, yeah, for all the piccies, a good time had by all from the sounds and looks of things, just wish I could have been there not when it rained though, then I was glad I wasn't there

Happy for all of you when the sun finally came out though

I got 200 picks to put up if it's ok with Chrissie I got all the vendors people drunk everything lol

Lol, it's more than OK for you to put pics up - but 200 just might be a few too many for folks to scroll through

[GunJack]

I just want to add to the praise for VapeFest 14 and the organisers, vendors and everyone else involved....Top Job

Although I couldn't stay for long (advantage/disadvantage of living just up the road) the time spent there was brill, and my oldest who was with me enjoyed it too after the typical teen "do I HAVE to go?" rant

The best bit of the day was not the juice-tasting, the looking at shiny things ('coz I don't have shinyitis ), or even the freebies (hats off to especially decadentvapours and Celtic Vapours for being both Welsh and very generous with their juice ), but meeting in person some of the friendly nice people who inhabit this great forum, so big shout-out to (in no particular order):-

smifee and son
Perpetua
chrisjw
dagl
Phoenixflame (Julie)
seniorphil
ronaldo
clairea
VE Jason
Neil from Valley Vapes
teethcv

and anyone else I've forgotten (sorry )

.. a special apology to DiscoDes for almost running over him in Shrewsbury on the way there, trying to navigate one of the worst one-way systems I've ever come across (I did so in person, but this is for the record )

..and to all those others who were there but I didn't meet, sorry, maybe next time around guys'n'gals, so the likes of Pepperty @spikeyfridge Steve (VapeStorm) Bluefish arron and anyone else, glad you had a great time

So, roll on next year

[Chrissie]

Aug 3, 2014 9:21:30 GMT robdelmar said:

Had a great time at VF, got some new gear and loads of free juice to try but did not get to meet anyone because I didn't know what they looked like . Was hoping to spot some AAEC badges but did not see any

Oh that's a shame robdelmar

Wow Steve (VapeStorm) that is fab

[VapingBad]

Good morning, just woke up to sound of dagl cleaning up the mess outside my tent, , which was much appreciated. Made a cup of proper coffee, the sun is out, I had a great VF and will catch up with this thread & PMs when I get home.

[Montana]

I had a great day looking , buying , testing , and watching.

I left home at about 05:30 and travelled the 3 hour 15 min journey, and a little while more for stops.As it was on and off raining ( and I wasn't desperate to be in the first people in and just grab all the feebies ) I sat in my van in the dry and watched the world go by.Then as the queue started to move in I got ready and followed in.

Just as I was getting out of my van I recognised 3 people that were parked just behind me , it was DiscoDes and Perpetua and Neil from Valley Vapes , unfortunately they were the only AAEC members a saw all day.I kept going back to the bar area ( NO, I wasn't drinking , had to drive back the same day ) to find seniorphil for his generous offerings of batts and grommets, but couldn't find him , perhaps I'm not very good at recognising people.I also was looking for people with AAEC badges to but didn't see any but I was wearing mine all day.

I went round the entire site first and saw who and what were there, some vendors that I wanted to go back to ( some multiple times , lol ) and other I was curious about and one that I wanted to see their prices.Regarding the one with prices first , now , I wanted to get a mod and a couple of other things so went round asking about the prices of this mod and the one vendor in question ( I won't say the name but it's in north London next to a large stadium ! ) had , according to the guy I spoke to had gone up in price for the show.I asked him how much, he told me , I asked if that price was for the kit and he said no, just the mod, so when I got home I checked their website expecting the prices to have changed but they hadn't , so it would have been cheaper to order it over the internet , wtf is that about !!! A price hike of 16+ % , very naughty.So, after a couple of hours of just wandering about getting absorbed in one tent looking at the Helix mod and the beautiful wooden mods next to Helix ( I can't remember the name of the wooden mods , not remembering names will be a running theme through this post ) , I started to queue for things that I wanted to get.First off the freebies , I got one of the new juices from T-Juice , being the Gold 'n' Brown as the others I wasn't so interested in.Then off to Celtic Vapours to get a couple of juices there, I plumped for Peanut Butter and Celtic Tobacco , I got a small bag from iFancyon.com which had a Toot'in Juice Bubblegum liquid in it ( not my kind of juice but I will try it, it would be rude not to ).Last but not least I queued for AGES at the DV Mix your flavour and got three , these were Caramel Tobacco , Apple pie and Rich Pipe.At the same time I put my contact details down for them, I can't remember if it was for a competition or something else ( bad memory) got 3 bottles of DV Vapefest Original.

Then I went off to other vendors , trying their exclusives and well known flavours , I tried Snake Oil, and still don't know if it was great or yuk , very different type of flavour and next to them were Digby's and I tried Oriental Plunder and Dr Jekyll both of which I really enjoyed.Others that I tried and enjoyed were Phoenix Vapours - Tobacco Medium , Halcyon Haze - Earth Brother , Spiritus Vapes - Fraho and Craft Vapes - Leprechaun.

Now I was off to buy some things , first was the Easy Coil , I was in a vendors tent when I saw this man T-Shirt and he was holding ( NO rude comments please ) so bought this there and then , then he decided ( even though I have seen review videos ) to give an impromptu demo , which very soon drew a small crowd , this was definitely one of my highlights of the day.I thanked him at the time but I want to thank him again , but I can't remember his name or site that I can contact him on, can anyone help ? ( I told you I was bad at remembering names ).

I then got a cheapish Zenith V2 clone for dripping so I can have adjustable air flow and some fun in a few days time with all the flavours I've got.

I didn't mention it earlier but I had gone to Mrs Lords to try some of their Juices and fell in love with the Seville Marmalade so I bought a 50ml glass bottle for only £15 an absolute bargain , I could have stood there all day with that juice quite happily.Going on from that , Mrs Lord & Co , Helix Mods and the lovely wooden mods ( which I still can't remember ) were all next to each other in a corner of a smallish tent and ALL 3 of them were jam packed all day, which is testament to the quality and popularity of their products and hopefully they will go again next year ( cross fingers for a 2015 Vapefest , I know it's early , but I had a really good time ) and get a lot more room which they really deserve.

Last on the shopping list, but certainly not the least was ( in size and amount ) was a VTR, 2 batts, charger and 4 juices.I got these from Tan and the lovely girls from Vapor-Z .We have been sending messages to and fro for a while on different things and it was a pleasure to meet them.The juices I got were 3 bottles of the Pop-I Pipe Tobacco ( note to Tan remember September please , lol ) and a bottle of their Vapefest launch of Clyde , which was one of two of Vapefest lauches , Bonnie and Clyde.Again I could have stayed there all day and talked to them and their friends they had there, but they had work to do.This is the vendor where I met the maker of the Easy Coil ( Nope, still can't remember his name or link , lol ).Highlight number two.

The last highlight of the day for me was the back at the main DV tent and the mixing tutorial , it taught me so much, but was funny and entertaining at the same time.After I have tried and used the freebies and bought juices I will be mixing my own ( there will be posts from me in time about vendors on this subject as well as DV of course ).They showed us mixing a juice, then a member of the audience made one , THEN came the really funny bit ( for me anyway ).The man leading the tutorial asked the audience what flavours he should use , someone called out Diablo Poco, so that went in followed by Sarsaparilla and I think the last one was blackcurrant, the last two flavours were chosen the marketing guy from DV ( and , no I can't remember either of the guys names ) , after a quick shake and a clearo was filled, they invited people to try.There was a really big , tough looking guy at the back that said he would and I thought he's going to be fine , after he took just one toot of that he was coughing and spluttering for 5 mins, they then offered it to anyone else, so me, being me, had to try.Normally I double toot when I'm vaping and I did the same with this, after the first toot and half way through the second I thought "what was that guy coughing so hard for" , then the chilli hit like a sledgehammer at the back of my throat, WOW that was strong.The juice was then auctioned off for charity, I don't think that juice will be for using somehow , lol.At the end of the tutorial there was a Q & A and we all asked questions, I asked a few more afterwards too and both guys were so good at answering everything and couldn't really be any more helpful, a real big thumbs up.

I sat down and wasted nearly an hour and three quarters to see if I'd won anything on the raffle ( the nearest number to mine was over 400 away , LOL ) , which of course I didn't.Then grabbed a bite to eat and went home and eventually got indoors at 21:10 , so a really long day, but WELL worth it.

So looking back it was a fantastic day, even if I didn't meet up with people I wanted to and the Highlights being Mrs Lord & Co , DV and Vapor-Z.

Andy

[djs]

I got a free 10ml bottle from Vapor-Z thanks to Phoenixflame (Julie)

It's called "lemongrass and lime" and I have to say it's possibly the best Lime I have vaped.

Helped in no small way by 11 watts of mini Nautilus.

[gill2009]

Aug 2, 2014 22:27:58 GMT DiscoDes said:

Aug 2, 2014 15:52:14 GMT gill2009 said:

 I wish I knew who some of the piccies are of 

gill2009 @johanino

FYI it was REALLY hard to get a connection today, I think the mobile receivers were overloaded
This coupled with trying to use a phone to :

1. Take picture
2. Upload to photobucket
3. Wait for photo to upload
4. wait for Photobucket gallery to refresh
5. Click on picture in photobucket, wait for it to load
6. Cut the image link
7. go to forum
8. find thread
9. paste link in the thread thread
10. hit reply wait to see if photo appears
11. If any of the above fail (which they did several times) start again 5

Do all this on a 4" screen, while keeping my head down, not able to take part in conversations going on around me, not able to shop, go to the loo, get a drink etc etc....

Sorry that I failed.

God DiscoDes...you did an amazing job...I am so grateful to you 

[davetherayon]

There were lots of folk in custom made tshirts, one of my favourites spotted at the raffle was LOW OHMS OR GO HOME

[ruffdog]

Well done all the posters and photo / vid uploads. Great to have a tiny sense of what was going down.
Jealous of all the freebies and offers but deff next year I'll be there.

Safe home any travelers.

Ruffie

[davetherayon]

Only (minor) fault with the raffle, was waiting the full 5 minutes between calling out numbers for folk to claim, instead of holding the called number for 5 mins while another draw could be made. It wouldn't invalidate the called numbers inside the 5 mins, instead, just carry on with new ones. Had to stand up and sit down a few times, I was getting a square arse I stood up at one point and made a perfect buttocks-print on the ground, as Pepperty will testify